FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Thursday, May 8, 2014 CWP’s Executive Director Named as UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing OTTAWA: The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) has just announced that Canada Without Poverty’s (CWP) Executive Director, Leilani Farha, has…
Today, the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Olivier de Schutter, presented his report on his May 2012 mission to Canada to the United Nations. He reiterated his recommendations from the written final report submitted in December 2012, and concerns…
Thousands of people visibly and invisibly homeless, millions more housing insecure and housing affordability is dropping; Canada is in the midst of a housing crisis. Various programs and policies are in place across the country, but what is missing is…
We talk about the right to free speech and we challenge racial discrimination, but we don’t often speak of economic and social rights or challenge the loss of dignity. It is high time this conversation took flight in Canada. Last…